The Staircase

Moving In

"Cool!"

"This house is amazing!", yelled Michal.

"Okay Michal, calm down. You do this every time we move!", replied James.

"Guys go and pick your rooms. Michal, let James have the larger room. Put all your toys in the basement for now." said their Mom.

Michal walked down the stairs into the basement to store his Xbox on the shelf.

Why were there so many shelves here? Shelves were everywhere. You couldn't even see the walls. What were they doing here, and why are they covered with dolls?

"Oh gosh! This is creepy."

Michal set the Xbox on the shelf with the least creepy dolls on it. Then he went back upstairs to grab all of his other toys.

"Hey James, you should check out the basement. There's tons of dolls, and they're super creepy. I swear one turned his face and looked at me."

"Oh dear lord, Michal!", replied James.

"You're such an over reactor. Gosh!"

James walked to the basement to set the laundry baskets on the floor. He didn't notice the shelves and dolls until he looked up from setting the laundry baskets down. James jumped back with fear in his face and tripped on the basement rug. The sound was so loud that Michal quickly rushed to the top of the basement stairs.

"I see you've noticed the dolls; am I right! Ha ha Ha", said Michal.

"Shut up Michal! You shall never mention this to ANYONE!"

"You understand me, Michal!", yelled James.

James then noticed that every single doll was looking straight at him. Michal and James screamed as loud as they possibly could and ran up the stairs to safety.

There mom yelled at them for screaming and said, "Guys! Jeez. What are you screaming about?"

Michal started screaming to his mom that she come into the basement to prove himself right. Michal and James were now looking at their mom. She walked down to the basement floor and noticed that there was nothing there. Just an Xbox on a shelf...by itself. The two brothers were to puzzled to notice that their mom was yelling very loudly at them.

"Quiet down you two! You'll have the neighbors over here in a minute!"

James and Michal trying to explain--having nothing to say, "But there were--dolls and they, they looked and they..."

They couldn't explain the terror. What they also didn't know was that this was the first wave.